"Nothing like the good old Laconic brevity, Kolo. Sure you are not part Spartan?"
From 25 miles +/- NW of Sparti! I remember one time when I was a little kid one of the nuns was teaching us about Athens and Sparta. When she asked the class who thought the Athenians were better, every hand went up but mine. When she asked why I felt that way, I said I thought the Athenians were sissies. I got sent to "the office". I spent so much time sitting outside that office in those days, visitors thought I was the principal's secretary.
Yup, there's definitely a Spartan in your lineage somewhere... :)